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Going to Cuba

3/21/2016

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President Obama’s trip to Cuba has certainly generated headlines. Virtually every story uses the word historic to describe it. Liberals have praised him while conservatives have scorned him.
I have a different take. To me it’s not that big a deal. It probably makes sense to communicate with a country so close. Ted Cruz said that Obama legitimizes the Castro brothers and their brutal regime. Our ignoring them hasn’t made a difference and I doubt that going there will either. We need to recognize that what we do will have little effect now or when the Castros are gone.
Nearly six decades of communist rule have left the country an economic basket case. They still drive old 50s US cars. They have no money to buy anything from us and I doubt that American companies that invest there will fare that well.

This trip was about one thing and one thing only; to burnish Obama’s reputation in the history books. Like his dealings with Iran, he eagerly made accommodations to get his day in the sun. Unlike Iran, this really doesn’t have consequences. I listened to his opening remarks and didn’t care for him repeating Castro’s criticism of the US. It sounded like the apology tour he took early in his presidency.
The next president will face many foreign affairs challenges. Cuba isn’t one of them.

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    Hi! My name is Dave. I'm in my 60s and live in Indiana. I'll write about whatever is on my mind but most posts will be political. I'm a centrist who thinks both sides are on the wrong path.

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At long last this idiotic shutdown is over. Hopefully cooler heads prevail and it doesn’t start up again.

The real story is that 800,000 government workers are back on the job and many millions of people are no longer inconvenienced.

Unfortunately, that is not the story we are hearing in the media. Their story is about how Speaker Pelosi beat President Trump. He got himself into this mess. She decided that all that mattered was winning. The harm done to the people involved was of no concern whatsoever. A good leader puts the good of the people over political gamesmanship,

it would be nice to think that both people have learned their lesson and will try to do what is best for the
country. I sure wouldn’t bet on it.
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